The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-16
THE CAMP FIRE.
snERlDAN's FIRST VISIT TO THE cArr-
Toll.

sHERiDAN's FIRST VISIT TO THE cAPT-
Toll.
Gen. Sheridan visited the Capitol
on the 9Th Of February, 1867, and was
warmly applaudcd, especially in the
House where he made a heat little
speech, short, quickly spoken, boldly
uttered, and in every way Characters
tic Of the man. Gen. Grant accom-
panied this unequalled young soldier.
and il was noticeable by all present
how great the contrast between the
two men. There was but little differ
ence in their size; Sheridan. however,
was the smaller, and hence his sobri
quet OF the Little Corporal; but the
manner of the two men was widely
different. Grant seemed so reserved,
SO modest, SO abashed at the august
presence before him, and yet who 90
distinguished as her while Phil seemed
well at home, and displayed an air Of
perfect self possession. refreshing 10
behold. While the Speaker was intro
ducing him to the House, he stood in
Napoleon's favorite position, with
arms half a-kimbo, and after his little
speech Of thanks, he bounced off the
platform around the Speakers stand
into the area before his desk Just as he
would have leaped from his horse and
walked 20 his tent. The hand. shak-
ings were long continued. and his re-
marks full of the sparkling wit and
vivaciousness so characteristic of tho
Irish stock.
INCIDENTS AT FREDERICKSBURG.
A round shot ripped open "a sol
diers knapsack and distributed his
clothing and cards. But the boys
could not forego their little joke; so
when that column of cards was thrown
some twenty feet in the air, on all
sides could be heard the cry: "Oh,
deal me handr'
During a moments halt, behind a
slight rise of ground, we lay down. A
soldier facing t. the rear was convers-
ing with comrade. Suddenly he
made terrific leap into the air, and
from the spot Of ground on which he
bad been sitting solid shot scooped q
wheelbarrow load of dirt, IL was a
clear case OF premonition, for the man
could give no reason for having
jumped.
SOLDIERS SUGGESTIONS.
was serving with an Alabama reg
iment, and the morning OF the day on
which we were making our coffee at
the early camp fire | heard sort Of
groan from comrade, and as | turned
TO look at him | noticed that he was
staring into his coffee-pot with some
thing like terror, while his face was
deathly pale.
"What is it," | asked.
al shall be killed to-day" he groaned
out.
"Fudgel We don't known that
even a single musket viii be fired"
81 dreamed last night" he whisper
ed ''that looked down upon sheet
OF water whose surface was covered
with bubbles, and amid them l saw my
own dead face. | shall be shot before
night"
Iridiculed the idea, but the only re :
ply TO our raillery was sad shake OF
the head. lie was a believer In dreams,
and he certainly felt that his last day
had come. In place Of eating his
breakfast he scrubbed off a letter TO his
mother and intrusted il TO n comrade.
In little time we got the order TO
march, and before noon my regiment
was thrown forward TO uncover por-
ton Of the Federal line. The first
missile sent at MS was solid shot
from a field piece, and IL struck the
young soldier in the chest and cut him
fairly in two without injuring another
man. Not another man WAS even
wounded for the next ten minutes.
The night before Burnside crossed
at Fredericksburg Second Lienten-
ant in a Virginia regiment received,
with hundreds of others, some mail
from the regimental bag. l carried
the pack of twenty or thirty letters
over TO the officers quarters and
handed IL 10 this Lieutenant. The top
letter was for him, and on one end OF
the letter was red stain. It looked
like blood, but was probably ink. He
no sooner saw IL than he became
greatly affected and said;
al shall be the first officer out Of the
regiment killed tomorrow"
heard dozen officers ridiculing
him, but he became silent and serious,
and finally walked away by himself.
We were down Oh the right, where the
first Federal attack was made. Our
regiment was using n long and deep